Make Your Mark: Cast Your Vote Now!
The five week audition period for Disney Channel’s Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off ‘Shake It Up’ Edition came to an end on August 3rd. More than 28,000 videos were submitted online showcasing talented young dancers from all over the United States. And now the real contest begins.
Screenshot from the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off website, image copyright Disney
It’s time for Make Your Mark fans to make their voices heard by voting online for their favorite videos as the most liked auditions of the day. Videos with a STAR under them have been chosen as featured videos by a Disney.com editor, while videos with THUMBS UP have been chosen by fans as the most liked videos of the day. Videos with the STAR and THUMBS UP are the best of the best, as voted by Disney and Make Your Mark fans!
On August 19th, the first two of six semi-finalists will be chosen, followed by two more semi-finalists on August 26th, and the final two on September 2nd. The six finalists will fly to Los Angeles to compete in an epic television event on the Disney Channel, with the grand prize winner appearing as a featured spotlight dancer on an episode of Shake It Up!
Screenshot from the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off website, image copyright Disney
The audition videos that were recorded at one of the five city events (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit) are easy to spot as the dancers are performing on a professional Shake It Up stage, complete with flashing lights and a shiny dance floor. The dancers are having such a great time that it made me think, wouldn’t Shake It Up be an excellent addition to the Hollywood Studios Theme Park at the Disney World Resort?
If Make Your Mark were to become a new attraction at Hollywood Studios, it could be a dance competition similar to the American Idol Experience with dancers performing in a series of elimination rounds leading up to a grand finale. Or it could be an interactive, Disney Quest-style attraction utilizing green screen technology so that a dancer’s performance on the stage could be digitally integrated into an episode of Shake It Up. Then Disney could offer the dancer a customized video of their simulated Shake It Up appearance – for a price, of course!
Screenshot from the Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off website, image copyright Disney
As an aside, I was annoyed by the Make Your Mark website tonight when I was browsing the audition videos and ended up having to sit through a video ad for Best Western. I’ve never seen non-Disney video ads on Disney sites before, and the ad intrusion wasn’t only out of place, it was illogical. The bulk of the Make Your Mark visitors are kids (8-16 years old) who are there to check out their own videos and vote for their favorites. I’d like to think they’re not the ones choosing the hotel chain for their next family vacation.
AKsquared ur the best dancers in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!>3
ARJANG all the way 🙂
I have great Arizona pride, so i would be happy to see AKsquared win! Personally though, coming from this dancer’s view, I think Sam and Casey were AMAZING(: They worked well together, you could see them feeding off each other’s energy, their musicality was unquestionable, and their prop piece really conveyed a story. Most kids these days can relate to falling asleep in class, and having some of their best naps and dreams laying on the desks, and clearly, dancing perfectly is what they dream. It make good sense and was well put together. The first piece they had really used levels and wasn’t all tricks, but also actual dance moves. Shake It Up is already so much Hip Hop every episode, I think it would be good for everyone to see some contemporary, jazz, or even borderline ballet, to prove that today’s culture isn’t all about Hip Hop and rap.
ii vote for the best of the best ak square
AKsquared u rock you deserved that trophy!!!!
Chirstine and June
Amire rocks
Amir
AKsquared they are so awesome and cool i love the outfits and they are the best dance group i EVER seen i love them they are so awesome!!! 😀
i think AK Square should win they rocked the stage peace!
ak square i love u and i hope you win and my cousin name is ivan good luck on winning
i love amir u rock i vote for amir
i vote for aksquared and i love shake it up so much.
Amire
my brother and sis say that they want ak ak squared
Christine and june
amirr
i love aksquared
i think AMIR because his really good and cute i think hell become a great shake it up dancers so my vote goes to AMIR WHOO YEA
AKSquared
Amire he is a good dancer the best
jade awsome your performance was awsome
AKsquared
There were so many talented dancers but my vote was for AKsquared! You girls really can “shake your hips”.
AKsquared they are zoo awesome and the best dance group of girls love them!!!!!!! 🙂
LOVE AKSQUARED! GO 4 UR DREAMS GIRLS!
i vote aksquared
AKSquared!!!
AKsquared!!!!
AKSquared, I dance with all of u guys at Club Dance, and I know u guys totally deserve to win!!!!! Love u guys:) <3
i vote jade because she so awesome im about her age and if we became friends we could make up really good dance moves i love ballet and by watching her dancing i could tell she does to
AKsqaured❀❆✿–
MOST DEFINETLY KK
AKsquared!!!!!!!!!!
hey guys this is arielle from aksquared and i just want to thank those who voted and believed in aksquared! Our group really apprecates it! thanks so much and if we do win its all because of u guys! u are he best! love you guys!!!
AKsquared all the way!!!! They are obviously the best and will win!!!
AMIR
arjang is awesome i was so surprised on how good you were wowwww arjang and amir are the best the rest are still talented AKsquare were good as well as Casey and Sammy as well as jade but ARJANG OR AMIR great style
AK SQUARED
I vote ajar he shouldve got 3 10s
The best one I would pick would be AKsquared!
YOUR AWESOME AMIR
I totally love Sam and Casey hope you win
i love you rocey so much
i love shakeitup is so cool
i love shakeitup is so cool
A K square are awsome dancer they should win . I love shake it up
i love rokey so much
I Thought That AKsqared Was The Best ,I Love The Way Danced
iLOVE Aksqared(:
i want you to vote for amir
i vote for Armir